Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian Renaissance genius whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, and history . He has been called the father of architecture, and regarded as one of the greatest painters of all time. Many historians and scholars regard Leonardo as the prime exemplar of the "Universal Genius" or "Renaissance Man", and he is considered one of the most talented individuals ever to have lived.

Born , in Vinci in the region of Florence, 15 April 1452 Born , in Vinci in the region of Florence, 15 April 1452. Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter Andrea del Verrocchio. Much of his earlier working life was spent in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan. He later worked in Rome, Bologna and Venice, and he spent his last years in France.

Leonardo was, renowned primarily as a painter Leonardo was, renowned primarily as a painter. Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous portrait and The Last Supper the most reproduced religious painting of all time.

Leonardo's drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also regarded as a cultural icon, being reproduced on items as varied as the euro coin, textbooks, and T-shirts During his lifetime, Leonardo was valued as an engineer. Leonardo's works include a vast number of inventions. They include musical instruments, a mechanical knight, hydraulic pumps, a type of armoured fighting vehicle, concentrated solar power.

He made substantial discoveries in anatomy, civil engineering, geology, optics, and hydrodynamics, but he did not publish his findings and they had no direct influence on later science. Leonardo was fascinated by the phenomenon of flight and he producing many studies, including plans for several flying machines

A Treatise on Painting is a collection of Leonardo da Vinci's writings entered in his notebooks under the general heading "On Painting". Study of horse from Leonardo's journals‍

Leonardo died 2 May 1519 (aged 67) in Amboise, Kingdom of France Interest in Leonardo and his work has never diminished.